Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 22, Shloka 9
Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
यक्ष्ये यज्ञेन धर्माय कर्तव्याश्च तथेष्टयः ।
चितयस्तत्र कर्तव्या नास्ति मे दक्षिणा यतः ॥
yakṣye yajñena dharmāya kartavyāś ca tatheṣṭayaḥ | citayas tatra kartavyā nāsti me dakṣiṇā yataḥ
我将为护持法（dharma）而举行祭祀（yajña），并当依正仪行事。其处须建起支提耶（citayā，火坛/柴坛之构），然我无达克希那（dakṣiṇā，祭司之酬献）。
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FAQs
The verse shows how dharmic institutions (yajña, dakṣiṇā) can be invoked as pretexts for extraction. It implicitly advises rulers to support genuine rites while guarding against fraudulent claims.
Not pancalakṣaṇa-cosmology; it is dharma-in-narrative, illustrating ritual norms (dakṣiṇā) and their potential misuse.
A 'sacrifice for dharma' without inner purity becomes parody; the absence of dakṣiṇā hints at spiritual 'lack' being covered by outward ritualism.